Speaker: Vasu Chaudhary
Title: Diffusion of Rival Information
Abstract: Social networks shape access to opportunities such as jobs, government programs, and new technologies, yet most existing work treats information sharing as frictionless. I study how rivalry over scarce opportunities changes the incentive to share information. I develop a framework in which sharing reflects a tradeoff between social motives, the competitive costs of creating another informed rival, and the surrounding information environment. The framework highlights how greater saturation or broader seeding can affect sharing through multiple channels. The presentation will discuss pilot experimental evidence and a broader experimental agenda designed to isolate these mechanisms, including a complementary field experiment in a labor market setting.
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